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We are in the dog days of summer and was checking out the top free agents next summer.
OG Anunoby has a $19 million player option after this season which he will most likely will decline.
He will be 27 next summer. He is an elite 3&D player. There was some interest back in 2018 with the Kawhi trade.
There has been rumors that he has not been happy in Toronto and Pascal might be traded.
Seems like the Raps are going to blow it up soon and hoping to build around Barnes to turn into their next franchise player.
Of course, we are all hoping the Raps suck a bit this season.
Anyways, do you think the Spurs could possibly offer OG a max contract next summer?
A Wemby, Sochan and OG defensive lineup
No
he'd be a much much better fit than keldon. better defender, better shooter, and even better at finishing when attacking the basket (say, in transition or off a closeout). keldon is better at scoring off the dribble and creating for himself, but thats not a skill that we'd necessarily need if Wemby is what we think he is, and if Vassell's game continues to ascend
but is that difference enough to justify a max or near max deal? prob not. especially with the new CBA, dont really want to be tossing max money at guys who are not high end stars. and what does "near" max mean? dno.
if wemby starts setting the league on fire and looks like an all-nba caliber player in the back end of the season, would make those types of moves more justifiable.
also, if the raps move siakam just after FVV left in free agency, its not like they'd be in a tough cap spot and be hesitant to retaining OG. they'd probably look to sign and trade him, or just sign him outright and trade him when a deal becomes available.
No. Teams need to, and with the new second apron penalties, eventually will stop offering MAX contracts to really good support players. That's all OG is. No team has ever really game planned for him, because he's like a 3-4 option.
why would you offer the max to a role player?
OG Anunoby has got to be the most overrated player in the NBA. It's insane that Toronto balked at multiple 3 first round pick offers for him. Guy is treated like some kind of role player superstar but hasn't done in his career to justify it imo. I definitely would not offer him a max contract. This is a career 11/4/1 guy and that's not even mentioning him being injury prone
I'd like him on the team but definitely not for max money
Literally the only play I think of when I hear OG is that bubble buzzer beater
i dont believe that they actually received that offer tbh. i know it was reported, but i dont buy it at all
Yeah, it's going to be really interesting to see how teams manage under the new cap rules. Probably elitist "franchise" players, with the rest of the group kind of leveling off, contract-wise, far behind these chosen ones. Small pool of giant contracts, and then everyone else.
OG is absolutely a max player in this NBA. I don’t if the spurs will give it to him, but he’s definitely getting a max deal from someone.
OG needs to show something. He’s not Patrick Williams (1 year from
Being 1 year away), but still always feels like we’re still waiting for him to pull it all together.
Man It's John Collins all over again
of course that is possible, but Zach Lowe reported it I believe and he is fairly reputable, so I believe it. I don't see any reason for him to just make it up unless he has a grudge against Masai and wants to make him look bad? Supposedly they had offers from Memphis and Indy including 3 firsts, and an offer from GS centered on Kuminga
imo raptors told lowe that it happened to make people think he's a hotter commodity than he is
Nope. 'This NBA' changed in a major way in April, with the addition of the second apron. It isn't enough to throw money around anymore. Picks frozen and then moved to the end of the first round could cripple an inevitable re-build at just the wrong time.
The salary game has changed. If you need any proof of that, John Collins is it. ATL re-signed him, not wanting him as a player, buy thinking someone would give them a FRP for him, and they didn't, not for two years. They finally dumped him for a SRP in July. The first step is that teams stop trading for trash contracts. The second step is the awareness to not give them out in the first place.
There's not less money now. Like literally there's more than ever. The NBA didn't limit the amount of money available to players. They just limited range individual teams can spend or save. What this means is that max contracts will still be around, but it won't just be good teams that sign players to them. Guys may have to go to small markets or rebuilding teams to get their money, but those teams will have to spend their money anyway, so the deals will be there. What will definitely go away is the auto-max for any decent young player. A team is less likely to trade for OG with the idea of maxing him. There's a good chance to me that someone pays him, but not unless they have the cap space to do so outright.
As to whether he makes sense for SA, that would depend on who their second building piece is. I don't think OG is good enough to be that guy. But if they had a young impact guard, he'd make more sense.
if vassell emerges as that guy and keldon more or less looks the same, then the fit is pretty apparent
Could be one of those crazily protected firsts like top 20 protected or something like that.
Similar to Grant, he lusts to play pseudo star, which will obviously only happen on a treadmill team. If/when Siakam is traded, he probably extends/re-signs.
Either way, since that no longer describes the Spurs, I don't see it.
Blame influential Raptors mouthpiece/propaganda spreading Lowe.
Last edited by TD 21; 07-24-2023 at 05:39 PM.
I think Anunoby is tending to be a little overrated by some these days, but the term "max contract" is relative-- his max isn't going to be above $45mil like some first options stars-- it'll probably start in the $25-30mil range, which in this market isn't really that crazy. He wouldn't necessarily be my first choice and might wind up being a tad overpaid, but then so is Michael Porter Jr... he's certainly a potential good fit with Wemby and Sochan, given his size, defense, and 3pt shooting, though it gets a little muddy when you add in Vassell. I'm always reminded of the story of how Phil Jackson and the Bulls' front office really wanted Derrick Coleman, but then he wasn't available and they settled for Rodman... I think it'll mostly depend on whether Wembanyama looks like he's 2 years away from being completely acclimated to the NBA, or 5 years away. If it's the former rather than the latter, it could make sense, especially if combined with moving KJ and other parts for another legit impact player.
I remember back during the Kawhi trade, we were all upset we got Jakob instead of one of Pascal or OG (and OG was the one thought to have the highest ceiling of the three).
There's player on the Raptors I'd throw that kind of money at before even considering OG.
OG sounds like an “expensive mistake” to me.
I thought Siakam was considered the better prospect of the three back then? And also the better player now. I wouldn't offer OG a max offer at all.
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